drycreek
5 year old buck +
The subject was the 6.5 Creedmoor, which I’ve never owned or shot, but it evolved into a .280 Rem vs. .270 Win discussion…..sort of.
. So…. here’s my two cents. My criteria for a new cartridge in a deer rifle is this: will it be better than my Alamo Precision custom in .280 Rem. ? For several years now that answer has been no. It has reliably killed everything I’ve hit with it, from hogs, coyotes, and deer. Before that, it was a Savage 7-08 and I could have happily hunted with it for the rest of my life because it was also a killer. I’ve just always had a soft spot for the .280 Rem since I bought my first one in a Remington Mountain Rifle. I had a Ruger 77 as well as a Ruger No. 1 in .280 Rem. I just wanted at least one custom rifle in my life and it had to be a .280. 

